terebinthine

American  

[ter-uh-bin-thin, -thahyn] / ˌtɛr əˈbɪn θɪn, -θaɪn /

adjective

1. terebinthinate.

2. of or relating to the terebinth.

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terebinthine British  

/ ˌtɛrɪˈbɪnθaɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to terebinth or related plants

2. of, consisting of, or resembling turpentine

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Etymology

Origin of terebinthine

First recorded in 1505–15; terebinth + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

O Thoughts of the past and present, O whither, and whence, and where, Demanded my soul, as I scaled the height Of the pine-clad peak in the somber night, In the terebinthine air.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

All around stood the ever-changing wilderness; lofty, perpendicular beeches, terebinthine oaks, with an occasional dark-green pine.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

Its terebinthine odors scent the vernal gales that enter our open windows with the morning sun.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

Who can tell whether our New England climate, with all its consumptive provocations, might not be found absolutely unendurable but for the amelioration furnished by this generously diffused terebinthine prophylactic?

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford

This bark, of which they made a secret, seems to come from some terebinthine plant, and perhaps, from the monbins, which are common on this part of the coast.

From Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. by Corréard, Alexandre